196 The Life of the Spider 



inexorable claims demand it. The Spiderling, 

 therefore, touches land. Gravity, tempered by 

 the parachute, is kind to her. 



The rest of her story escapes me. What 

 infinitely tiny Midges does she capture before 

 possessing the strength to stab her Bee ? What 

 are the methods, what the wiles of atom con- 

 tending with atom ? I know not. We shall 

 find her again in spring, grown quite large and 

 crouching among the flowers whence the Bee 

 takes toll. 



